European Science Foundation

Professor Marja Makarow stepped into her role as Chief Executive of the European Science Foundation (ESF), the first woman to take the top post in the organisation's 34-year history.

The European Science Foundation is joining forces with knowledge-based organisations to preserve access to scientific information in computer formats that are fast becoming obsolete.

The European Science Foundation is to help the ten central and eastern European countries integrate their social sciences into the enlarged European Research Area.

Finland and China have launched a joint cooperation programme for nanotechnology research and development, as a stepping stone to build a relationship in the field between China and the EU.

The 16 members of the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe are to work together to strengthen European science, engineering and supercomputer technologies.